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List of Fibres sent from the Royal Botanical Gardens,

MauritiusContinued.

Livistona Mauritiana. Latania aurea. Ropolocarpus lucidus. Sagus Ruffia (Ruffia). Malvaviscus arboreus. Strelitzia juncea.

Sanseviera cylandnca „ Ceylonica

„ latifolia

These plants are said to yields the strongest known fibres.

Yucca gloriosa.

Agave Americana (used for making Ropes). Ficus, a species of.

Urania (Ravenalla) Madagascariensis. Sturculia, a species of.

Sanseviera zebrina.

Paudanus latifolius.

Musa, variety “ Otahiete Banana.”

Sida velutina.

Pine Apple (Fibre from cultivated varieties). Alpinia magnifica.

Heliconia gigantea.

Strelitzia Reginse.

Tlieobroma Cacoa.

Dracaena (Fibre extracted from the Stems). Ficus, a species of.

Hibicus, a species from Central Africa. Colocasia antiquorum.

Ananas bracteatum.

Ficus Indica.

Pterospermum acerifolmi.

Hibiscus esculentus.

„ populnea.

Sponia orientalis.

Paritium tilaceum.

Gomti. From the trunks of Arenga saccharifera: is much used as a substitute for horse-hair in stuffing cushions. In Box No. 4 of Botanical Gardens.

Note .—The fibres are all from plants grown at the Botanical

Gardens.

J. HORNE.